Academic Leadership

College Leaders Call for Stricter Gun Laws

More than 160 presidents sign open letter to U.S. policy makers

In the wake of last week’s shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., more than 160 college and university presidents are calling for stricter gun laws.

The college presidents signed an open letter to U.S. policy makers that was drafted by the leaders of two Georgia schools, Lawrence M. Schall, president of Oglethorpe University, and Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott College.

The letter calls for:

New UNO Programs Are Designed To Enhance Planning For Disasters And Coping With Them

The University of New Orleans, in a move to improve civic and business leaders' preparation for catastrophes and responses to them, will offer post-graduate programs this spring in hazard planning and hazard-policy studies.

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The End of the University as We Know It (Opinion)

In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United States will have ceased to exist.

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Cost Estimates Of Rutgers Merger Climb

The pending realignment of New Jersey's university system will cost a lot more than was projected just seven months ago.

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Smaller U.S. Colleges Try to Crack Chinese Market

One factor that made it easier for Samford University to catch the attention of some of the thousands of Chinese students at a recent education expo was that many mistook it for a university with a similar name: Stanford.

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UND Teaches Students To Deal With A Post-College Reality

As student loan debt reaches unprecedented highs, UND’s new Financial Wellness program is using students to teach students ways to manage that debt.

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'(Bleep) Censorship' Posters Not OK On Saginaw Valley State Billboards, Prompting Legal Challenge

A Saginaw Valley State University student says the school is inhibiting his freedom of speech, but university officials say otherwise.

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UT and A&M Stack Up Well Against Peers (Opinion)

Critics of the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M have had tough questions the last couple of years about how efficiently the state’s flagship universities use their dollars.

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Roger Wms. U. Makes Standardized Tests Optional

Roger Williams University has joined other colleges and universities nationwide to make standardized tests optional for college admissions.

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